Miss Alice Wright-Mann at Christening and Launch of the U.S.S. West Virginia
Date:
1921/11/19
Description:
Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, is pictured with a large bouquet of flowers and what appears to be a bottle of champagne.Ms. Wright-Mann sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.
Miss Alice Wright-Mann, third from left holding a large bouquet and bottle, poses with a group on the battleship. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.
Train collision occurred six miles east of Princeton, Mercer County, at about noon on May 24, 1927. 'Two trainmen were killed and about twenty people were injured. The accident occurred fourteen cars west of the first tunnel at Ingleside when Virginian Railway (now Norfolk Southern) westbound passenger train No. 3, the steam locomotive, met head-on with one of the huge eastbound electric motors hauling about 100 loaded coal cars downgrade, pushing No. 3 back down the grade a distance of 270 feet. The passenger locomotive climbed on top of the electric motor. The Virginian had been electrified from Mullens, W.Va. to Roanoke, Va. in 1925-1926.'
Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
A view of the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit held in Mercer County, West Virginia. 'Notice: Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that each reproduction shall hear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.'
Little Theatre Concord College Mercer County, West Virginia
Date:
1941
Description:
This is a photo of the Concord College Little Theatre taken in 1941. The college is located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County. It was founded in 1847 and has been known as Concord University since 2004.
This is a photograph of Concord College located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County. The photo shows the entrance to the school grounds. The college was founded in 1872 and is known as Concord University as of 2004. All persons in the photo are unidentified.
John White Hall Concord College, Mercer County, West Virginia
Date:
1941
Description:
This is a photo of John White Hall at Concord College. The college is located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County and is now called Concord University. The building was built in 1939 and was used as a men's dormitory. It was demolished in 2004 to build a new technology center. All persons in the picture are unidentified.
Concord College Swimming Pool Mercer County, West Virginia
Date:
1941
Description:
This is a photograph of the swimming pool at Concord College. Now known as Concord University, it is located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County. The university was founded in 1847.
Olie, second from left, stands behind a counter sharpening a knife at Matoaka. An African American man stands to his right, and to his left are two other young men who also work at the store.
'Picture of the Bluefield Inn, taken in 1890. Princeton Avenue, in the foreground, was unpaved. The building is now used as the Division Office of the Norfolk and Western Railway. There is a boardwalk in front of the building with wooden steps leading to the building.'
Surrey and Horses in front of Kelley and Moyer Saloon, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
'A picture of surrey and high-stepping horses owned by James H. Moyer;picture made in front of Kelley and Moyer bar, in 1900, before prohibition days. Note large demijohn in front of door; bird cages house a parrot in each one. The building is located at 400 Bland Street, must below the Daily Telegraph Printing Company, and in the same block with the Bland Street Methodist Church. Ash M. Prince, pioneer resident of the city, erected the building. After prohibition days, the building was used by the Hawkins Undertaking Company until they built their mortuary at the corner of Bland and Preston Streets, and the building as it now stands is owned by the Sweet Shop. In the picture are; front seat, left to right-James H. Moyer and P. J. Kelley, owners of the surrey and the bar; rear seat, left to right, M. B. Postlethwaite, city sergeant, and Robert Dunn, chief of police.'
Group of people stand out front and on the balcony of the Hotel Athens. See original for correspondence. Published by W.G. Lowe. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
